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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of the Caspian Sea on June 4, 2010

What is a Closed Lake?

March 7, 2020December 30, 2019 by Caitlin Dempsey

Closed lakes are bodies of water that do not drain into an ocean or river.

Categories Hydrology Tags closed lakes, endorheic, limnology

This Lake is Home to the Highest Concentrations of Lesser Flamingos in East Africa

March 7, 2020October 11, 2019 by Caitlin Dempsey

The protective salt marshes that ring Lake Natron in Tanzania have nurtured the highest concentrations of lesser and greater flamingos in East Africa.

Categories Biogeography Tags Africa, hydrology, limnology, saline lakes, Tanzania

Laguna Grande is a 50-hectare salt-water lagoon located in the municipio of Fajardo, in the eastern-most tip of Puerto Rico. Photo: USGS.

Limnology

January 30, 2015January 30, 2015 by Elizabeth Borneman

Limnology is the study of bodies of water located inland such as lakes, rivers, wetlands, streams, watersheds, and reservoirs. Limnologists study how the weather, climate, … Read more

Categories Physical Geography Tags aquatics, lakes, limnology, rivers

Aquatic Dead Zones

October 10, 2019February 26, 2014 by Caitlin Dempsey

Aquatic dead zones are bodies of water where the oxygen conditions are so low that marine life is unable to be supported.

Categories Physical Geography Tags dead zones, limnology, marine life

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